Microsoft KB Archive/50492

Excel: EXEC() Function Causes Crash with Long Pathname Last reviewed: November 2, 1994 Article ID: Q50492

SUMMARY If the pathname supplied to the EXEC() function is more than 33 characters, it may cause Excel to crash. It is possible to work around the problem by switching the directory prior to using the EXEC() function. For example =EXEC("Hard Disk 20:Applications:Microsoft Directory:Microsoft Word") can be replaced by the following two statements: =DIRECTORY("Hard Disk 20:Applications:Microsoft Directory") =EXEC("Microsoft Word") This behavior was fixed in Microsoft Excel version 3.00.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 2.20 Last reviewed: November 2, 1994 © 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.